Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Ver. 40. Thou hast broken down all his hedges] Or, walls. The walls of Sparta were their militia, of England are their ships, of all lands their laws, Ecclesiastes 10:8 .
Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin] Or, to consternation and deadly fright.
Siqua manet gelida formidine concutis arcem
(Buchanan).